ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
AM1 and PM3 semiempirical calculations are reported for the solvent effects on the tautomeric equilibria of 2-pyridone/2-hydroxypyridine and 4-pyridone/4-hydroxypyridine in the gas phase and solution. The solvent effects on the tautomeric equilibria were investigated by self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) theory implemented in the AMPAC and MOPAC program in two different ways: one in which all the solvent relaxation is included in the quantum mechanics and the total energy must be corrected for the solvent change in energy, method A; and a second in which the quantum mechanics directly includes this term, method B. The calculated (AM1, method A) tautomeric equilibrium constants (log K1) for 2-pyridone in the gas phase, cyclohexane, chloroform, and acetonitrile are -0.3, 0.3, 0.8, and 1.3, respectively, in good agreement with the experimental data (-0.4, 0.24, 0.78, and 2.17, respectively). For 4-pyridone/4-hydroxypyridine differences between calculated log K1 for the gas phase, chloroform and acetonitrile (-6.0, -2.6, and -1.2, respectively) and experimental data (〈 -1, 0.11, and 0.66, respectively) are larger but the experimental values are also less certain. The experimental acetonitrile data are disturbed by specific interactions. An extension of the SCRF for aqueous solutions is reviewed. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540140312
